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He is the same sculpt as the King of the Mountain, which is the Duergar Guard figure from Legend of Drizz't. Since I have already painted this sculpt once, and practiced the color scheme on two other figures, I had a much easier time than usual in my painting. I started with a black wash over the figure, to bring out the details. A 28 mm figure can have some subtleties that aren't visible at first glance, and these D&D figures are pretty detailed for game components. If you compare the Duergar, as represented in the D&D world, with standard fantasy dwarves, their skin is duskier and their eyes glow red. I changed the earth tones of the King Under the Mountain to stone and shadow. I used steel for the beard and eyebrows, which is a "colder" color than the bronze that I used for the King. The chain mail is the dark-blue "cobalt" which I used for the previous Drow pieces, and steel for the knee-pads and epaulets (silver is too shiny). I used purple for the cloak, which is quite regal in comparison to the King, but it matched the clothing choices of the Drow. I left the cloak grey.
These are the intermediate step pictures:
I really liked the skin color and beard, although you can see that the skin color is uneven in places - this is the black wash from the beginning. I darkened some grey to mostly match the effect of the wash over grey primer, and touched up the skin to fill in the empty spots without repainting all the skin. The red dots for eyes look very good from a distance, although I can see from the close-ups that his left eye looks rather googly. His boots were cobalt like the rest his armor, but matched leg- and foot-wear always make me think of footie pajamas, so I repainted his boots black. I spent a lot of time on the folds and creases of his cloak for the illusion of lighting, although how much light do you get in a place called "Underdeep" anyway? His hammer is steel instead of silver, which, as I said earlier, looks darker and less "holy". These are the final pictures:
So, the Old Man of the Underdeep will be my character when next I play Legend of Drizz't with Rob!